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A first-ever revealing and candid look at the life and career of one of Hollywood’s brightest and most beloved stars, Maureen O’Hara.
In an acting career of more than seventy years, Hollywood legend Maureen O’Hara came to be known as “the queen of Technicolor” for her fiery red hair and piercing green eyes. She had a reputation as a fiercely independent thinker and champion of causes, particularly those of her beloved homeland, Ireland. In ‘Tis Herself, O’Hara recounts her extraordinary life and proves to be just as strong, sharp, and captivating as any character she played on-screen.
O’Hara was brought to Hollywood as a teenager in 1939 by the great Charles Laughton, to whom she was under contract, to costar with him in the classic film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She has appeared in many other classics, including How Green Was My Valley, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, and Miracle on 34th Street. She recalls intimate memories of working with the actors and directors of Hollywood’s Golden Age, including Laughton, Alfred Hitchcock, Tyrone Power, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and John Candy. With characteristic frankness, she describes her tense relationship with the mercurial director John Ford, with whom she made five films, and her close lifelong friendship with her frequent costar John Wayne. Successful in her career, O’Hara was less lucky in love until she met aviation pioneer Brigadier General Charles F. Blair, the great love of her life, who died in a mysterious plane crash ten years after their marriage.
Candid and revealing, ‘Tis Herself is an autobiography as witty and spirited as its author.
In an acting career of more than seventy years, Hollywood legend Maureen O’Hara came to be known as “the queen of Technicolor” for her fiery red hair and piercing green eyes. She had a reputation as a fiercely independent thinker and champion of causes, particularly those of her beloved homeland, Ireland. In ‘Tis Herself, O’Hara recounts her extraordinary life and proves to be just as strong, sharp, and captivating as any character she played on-screen.
O’Hara was brought to Hollywood as a teenager in 1939 by the great Charles Laughton, to whom she was under contract, to costar with him in the classic film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She has appeared in many other classics, including How Green Was My Valley, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, and Miracle on 34th Street. She recalls intimate memories of working with the actors and directors of Hollywood’s Golden Age, including Laughton, Alfred Hitchcock, Tyrone Power, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and John Candy. With characteristic frankness, she describes her tense relationship with the mercurial director John Ford, with whom she made five films, and her close lifelong friendship with her frequent costar John Wayne. Successful in her career, O’Hara was less lucky in love until she met aviation pioneer Brigadier General Charles F. Blair, the great love of her life, who died in a mysterious plane crash ten years after their marriage.
Candid and revealing, ‘Tis Herself is an autobiography as witty and spirited as its author.
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Social Science BiographiesTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Chapter 1: The Gypsy and the Two-Headed Beast
- Chapter 2: Baby Elephant
- Chapter 3: The Star with Black-Cherry Eyes
- Chapter 4: âThe Hunchback of Notre Dameâ
- Chapter 5: Bought and Sold
- Chapter 6: âHow Green Was My Valleyâ
- Chapter 7: Overpriced
- Chapter 8: Dinner with Howard Hughes, Then Tea with Errol Flynn
- Chapter 9: Mammyâs the Queen of Technicolor
- Chapter 10: Pinup Girl
- Chapter 11: âMiracle on 34th Streetâ
- Chapter 12: The Feisty Redhead: Ending the Decorative Years
- Chapter 13: Herself
- Chapter 14: âThe Quiet Manâ
- Chapter 15: Hola, Enrique
- Chapter 16: âThe Long Gray Lineâ
- Chapter 17: Scandalous
- Chapter 18: The Dame Can Sing!
- Chapter 19: âThe Parent Trapâ
- Chapter 20: Departures and âMcLintock!â
- Chapter 21: From the Grassy Knoll
- Chapter 22: The Generalâs Wife
- Chapter 23: Red Ball in the Sky
- Chapter 24: John Wayne, American
- Chapter 25: âOnly the Lonelyâ
- Chapter 26: The Empty Pages
- Photographs
- About the Authors
- Index
- Photo Credits
- Copyright